Tom Cruise Will Play Biblical Elder METHUSELAH For Warner Bros.

Deadline reports that Tom Cruise will star in Warner Bros.' Methuselah, a movie about the Biblical man who lived longer than any man in history (some believe he lived to be 969 years old). But how can an action movie stalwart like Cruise make playing the oldest man who ever lived into something worthy of his particular set of skills?

This will be an epic vehicle for Warner Bros that calls for someone of [Cruise's] stature to take on the heavy-hitting role of a man who lived for almost 1,000 years without aging, all while developing a set of unparalleled survival skills.

So he'll be a survivalist badass, not some crooked-backed geezer with a cane. That sounds a little more like the Cruise I know. Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts producer David Heyman is on board to produce, and the film will be directed by Joachim Rønning, one half of the directing duo responsible for Disney's upcoming sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Zach Dean wrote the script, but the project is apparently being sent out to other writers to put more of a Cruise-y spin on it before it circles back to the actor for approval.

The story must have really piqued Cruise's interest, because I find it a little odd that he'd be willing to play a Biblical figure when he's so ingrained in Scientology. I'm not saying that actors should only play characters who align with their own personal faiths or beliefs, but Cruise is such a heavily public figurehead for Scientology that, from everything I've seen and read, I'm honestly surprised David Miscavige would allow Cruise to go after a project like this.

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